Right now it seems the prospects we got for Nash and Hayes >>>>>>> McDonagh prospects. It's not even close right now. Go figure.
It's interesting maybe the prospects we received in the Nash/Hayes deals were second rounders (albeit high ones) who weren't touted so much for the amazing talent but rather for the style of hockey they play. Maybe their style of play is much more suitable to play against grown men in this league. Lindgren can play a tough 3/4 or 5/6 dman and not look out of place and Lemieux can compete hard as a bottom 6 guy.
Honestly TDL deals usually don't work out great for either team. Only 1 team wins the Cup, and team's with high draft picks aren't going to be buyers, so you're usually just trading for lotto tickets. The Rangers fortunately had the foresight to start a full rebuild while they still had a bunch of players to trade. Like in 2014 when Vancouver hired Trevor Linden, who then hired Jim Benning...It was obvious they missed their best chance during 2010-2012, and the Sedins were getting old, but they decided to "retool" while they still had the Sedins around. Benning picked up Dorsett, Bonino (who he traded for Sutter a year later,) Vey, Baertschi, Prust, Gudbranson, Schenn, Spooner...they signed Vanek and then instead of trading him for picks/prospects, they traded him for a 34-year-old Jussi Jokinen...and of course, there was the Eriksson signing. I was living in BC during this Linden period, and my god, this board would have lost their f***ing
minds. Taking Virtanen #6OA made things even worse. Boeser/Pettersson/Hughes really saved their bacon. I mean it's gotten better since Linden left the organization, but they still do dumb shit like sign Tyler Myers and Jay Beagle. Also I still believe that Benning had no idea J.T. Miller would work out this well, lol.